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work_ltns2hjnujbhtmb7l2g4yqkoke	(:Unkn) Unknown	Warriors and Prophets of Livity: Samson and Moses as Moral Exemplars in Rastafari	2020	302	.pdf	application/pdf	91237	7449	69	Rastafari's recovery of the Hebrew Bible from colonial powers and Rastas' adoption of Samson and Moses, Rastas adopt them as co-practitioners and paradigms of Rastafari Bible in shaping Rastafari practice and, in particular, Rastas engagement with biblical practitioners embrace Samson as a symbol of black strength, Rasta purity and election by When read correctly, however, the Bible offers guidance, confirmation of selfworth, and a life path for Rastas that is befitting their station as Jah's chosen people. scholars of Rastafari also note that Rastas read Psalm 119:83 as proof of Jah's skin Rasta reading strategies prove Jah's blackness and that all African people share an investigates the value Rastas assign to Moses' livity, his words, experiences of Jah, and According to Rasta readers, Moses was a black man. Rasta readers find intrinsic to his biblical narrative that Moses spoke on behalf of Jah, a 	./cache/work_ltns2hjnujbhtmb7l2g4yqkoke.pdf	./txt/work_ltns2hjnujbhtmb7l2g4yqkoke.txt